Resources, people, internal advancement, facilities. This is a great place for self-starters who are smart, aggressive and politically savvy.

Cons

Very insular culture. Lots of red tape. Challenging to innovate in most areas. Quite conservative. Internal business units often fight amongst one another. Do not expect a lot of career development/talent nurturing training - people are much too busy here for that. You have to take it on yourself to learn and move forward here.

GREAT for young people just out of college looking to get their feet wet in the Financial Services Industry. They give plenty of support to new and untrained/inexperienced employees.

Cons

If you have EVER worked outside the firm before joining, you will be extremely surprised at some of the cultural differences. You really have to drink the kool-aid and conform if you want to stay happy. Really nice people, yet the firm is in a distinct identity crisis about who/what they want to be. They can't seem to get passed the notion that if you want to have a "relationship" that means relationship, not buy our products (proprietary funds, managed accounts and annuities)

Advice to Management

If you want people to manage relationships, train them on how a relationship should be managed, not: Buy our Funds & Annuities though I have too many clients and not enough experience to actually answer relationship questions that I will push you off to someone else...

I have been working at Fidelity Investments part-time (More than a year)

Doesn't Recommend

Neutral Outlook

Disapproves of CEO

Doesn't Recommend

Neutral Outlook

Disapproves of CEO

Pros

Fitness reimbursement; online training courses

Cons

You're position is not "confirmed" until after your 1 year anniversary but HR does not tell you that, until then, watch your back, they will look for ways to make your life miserable enough to make you want to quit or give an excuse you don't deserve a bonus. Full of bureaucracy, unless you're in the "in" crowd, you're pretty much on your own. The workplace is like the Olympics, employees compete with each other to reach the gold medal, Don't expect you will get the kind of support you need from your peers or manager, it's not for the faint hearted.

Advice to Management

Please keep track of how your managers are running their department and their areas of responsibilities.